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Re: AI-Generated Art and Copyright Infringement
As long as I’ve been in this field, it’s been clear that U.S. copyright was about the font program, not the typeface’s visual identity. (That was/is covered by a design patent.) So it’s not at all su…3 -
Re: AI-Generated Art and Copyright Infringement
I disagree. The US copyright office accepted registrations for fonts for about 25 years (~ 1992–2018) , before recently beginning to reject most of them, asking for a form of authorship that makes n…1 -
Re: Reviving an Art Deco Font
Feels to me like it can't decide if curves are allowed or not.1 -
Type Design Resources
https://typedesignresources.com/ I published this a long time ago on Github, but it now has a new home with a complete redesign. Bookmark, enjoy, and feel free to contribute!12 -
Re: AlphabetMagic. My first AI experiment
Huh. For Experiment 15, I have to say, most of the differences between iteration 127 and 161 must be quite subtle.1 -
Re: Are customers buying or using variable fonts?
@"Dave Crossland" Speaking only for myself, I absolutely think they are valuable but I don't want my company to be a technology early adopter. It's just business strategy. I think…2 -
Re: Returning to Type Design After 20-Year Hiatus
James Edmonson of OH no Type Co. recently did a series on Instagram about making a typeface. It's worthwhile to watch it, even if you're experienced. I needed the reminder to push past the …5 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
Nick, you need to take a closer technical look at OT font variations, which are based on Apple’s GX delta model, not on MM-like interpolation. The key difference is that the space between the axes is…2 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
@"John Hudson" there is the creation of derivative works from source material which is what you're referring to and then there is the generation of derivative works from font software …2 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
Given the thread title of “Laatz v. Zazzle,” I think this discussion has been about law from the beginning.2
